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Anna Caldwell is deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph. Prior to this she was the paper’s state political editor. She joined The Daily Telegraph in 2017 after two years as News Corp’s US Correspondent based in New York. Anna covered federal politics in the Canberra press gallery during the Gillard/Rudd era. She is a former chief of staff at Brisbane’s Courier-Mail.

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Furious feds slam NSW Labor colleagues

Senior federal Labor MPs have spoken out about the mess that is the party’s NSW leadership, calling it a “distraction” in a federal election year which could hurt marginal seats.

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McKay backers push for Daley to return to top job

Key backers of ex-Labor leader Jodi McKay are pushing for her predecessor Michael Daley to return to the top job in a bid to keep Chris Minns from the position.

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Minns coy on leadership tilt as Jodi McKay resigns

Predicted successor Chris Minns has spoken out after an emotional Jodi McKay resigned from her position as NSW Labor leader on Friday.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA , NSW Police Force general generic stock GV breaking news police tape image at the Headquarters in Surry Hills, Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

$269k retirement payout for cops

NSW police will receive a handout of up to $269,000 when they leave the force in a bid to slash workers compensation payouts.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 25, 2021: Pictured is NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay during a press conference at Parliament House in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

NSW Labor needs a generational reset

Party elders need to step in now to turn a bunch of losers into a bunch of winners, writes Anna Caldwell.

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Labour leader Jodi McKay leaves home early to face uncertainty in her party .picture John Grainger

Why Labor may have shot itself in the foot

A long term strategist has revealed why rules drafted after Kevin Rudd’s leadership spill could drag out NSW Labor’s stoush.

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Fitzgibbon: Labor could ‘go the way of Kodak’

Federal Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon has made a bold threat to resign if Labor doesn’t pull itself together after the party’s NSW by-election loss.

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Newcastle club in cashless gaming card trial with NSW Government

The controversial gaming card trial will be launched following a deal between a major NSW club and gaming minister Victor Dominello.

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Upper Hunter’s wake-up call over woke war on coal

After his party won the Upper Hunter’s contest on coal, an outspoken federal Nationals Senator has urged colleagues not to ‘play footsie with woke concepts’.

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NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - May 22, 2021. Nationals candidate Dave Layzell votes in the Upper Hunter by-election at Muswellbrook Sports Centre with the support of Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy John Barilaro. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Peter Lorimer.

Labor candidate concedes defeat in Upper Hunter byelection

The Coalition has pulled off a miracle to avoid plunging further into minority government while Labor’s candidate has warned of “soul searching” ahead for his party.

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